Thu Feb 14, 2013 16:49:27
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says hegemonic powers are unable to halt Tehran’s nuclear energy program, stating that the Iranian nation will not yield to pressure.
“On behalf of the Iranian nation, I say that anyone who thinks he can defeat the Iranian nation through pressure should know that he is seriously wrong and that they will take this wish to their grave,” Ahmadinejad said in Bushehr Province on Thursday.
The Iranian President also said that enemies cannot deprive the Iranian nation of nuclear technology no matter how much they struggle.
He said that Iran needs to be developed through reliance on indigenous science and national potentials, adding that no one can put the country under pressure or keep it backward if Iran uses its national capacities.
The US and its European allies have imposed unilateral sanctions on Iran to halt its civilian nuclear drive.
Tehran, however, maintains that as a committed signatory to the NPT and a member of the IAEA, it is entitled to develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
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